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Dr. Hosni Mohammed Zubeir

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering
+973 17876880
31-106
halzubair@uob.edu.bh

Areas of Expertise

  • Failure Analysis
  • Oilfield Scaling
  • Material Selection
  • Corrosion Science & Engineering
  • Corrosion Failure Analysis

Education

  • BSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Tripoli, 1984
  • PhD in Corrosion Science and Engineering, UMIST, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK, 1992

Biography

Dr. Hosni Zubeir is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bahrain. He earned his PhD in Corrosion & Corrosion Control in 1992 from the prestigious Corrosion & Protection Centre at UMIST, UK. With over three decades of academic experience, his career includes tenures as a visiting scientist at UMIST and faculty member at the University of Tripoli, Libya, before joining the University of Bahrain in 2002. From 2015 to 2020, he served as Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department. An expert in oilfield scaling and corrosion failure analysis, his research is widely published and presented internationally.

Achievements

  • Faculty Academic Advising Award, 2024
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, 2025

Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain

Grants & Contracts Awarded

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Publications & Presentations

  1. تحقيق مخطوط شرح الدرر اللوامع في مقرإ الإمام نافع، لأبي عبد الله الضرير الأنصاري، منشورات دار الغوثاني للدراسات القرآنية، 2019م
  2. تحقيق مخطوط قرب الخطاب في تفسير فاتحة الكتاب، لمحمد بن عبد الغني الشريف، منشورات دار الكون، القاهرة، 2026
  3. R. C. Newman, M. A. Ajjawi, H. M. Ezuber and S. Turgoose, An Experimental Confirmation of the Pitting Potential Model of Galvele, Corrosion Science, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp.471-477, 1988.
  4. R. C. Newman, W. P. Wong, H. M. Ezuber and A. Garner, Pitting of Stainless Steel by Thiosulphate Ions, Corrosion, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 282-286, 1989.
  5. T. Shinohara, S. Fujimoto, N. J. Laycock, A. Msalem, H. M. Ezuber and R. C. Newman, Numerical and Experimental Simulation of Iron Dissolution in a Crevice with a Very dilute Bulk Solution. J. Electrochem. Soc., Vol. 144, No. 11, November 1997.
  6. H. Ezuber, Corrosion behavior of heat-treated duplex stainless steel in saturated carbon dioxide-chloride solutions, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 2, No. 5, P. 96, May 2005.
  7. A. El-Houd, F. El-Shawesh and H. Ezuber, Corrosion behavior of nickel containing alloys in seawater environments, Stainless Steel World, Sept. 2005, P. 33.
  8. H. Ezuber, A. El-Houd, and F. El-Shawesh, Effects of temperature and sigma precipitation on seawater pitting of duplex stainless steel, Desalination, Vol. 207, P. 268, 2007.
  9. H. M. Ezuber, Prediction of Strontium Sulfate Scale formation in oilfield environment, Journal of ASTM International, Vol.4, No.6, June, 2007.
  10. H. Ezuber, A. El-Houd, and F. El-Shawesh, Corrosion behavior of aluminum alloys in marine environment, Journal of Materials & Design, Vol. 29, p. 801, 2008.
  11. F. Elshawesh, K. Abusowa, H. Mahfoud and H. Ezuber, Stress-Corrosion Cracking and Galvanic Corrosion of Internal Bolts from a Multistage Water Injection Pump, Journal of Fail. Anal. and Preven., Vol. 8, No. 1, P. 48, 2008.
  12. H. Ezuber, Influence of temperature and thiosulfate on the corrosion behavior of steel in chloride solutions saturated in CO2, Materials and Design, Vol. 30, pp 3420–3427, 2009.
  13. H. M. Ezuber, Prediction of Barium Sulfate Scale formation in oilfield environment, Journal of ASTM International, Vol.6, No.2, June 2009.
  14. H-Ezuber, Role of thiosulfate on chloride breakdown potential of heat-treated Ni-18Cr-6Fe alloys, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 6, No.3, June, 2009.
  15. H. Ezuber, Effect of temperature and thiosulfate on the corrosion behavior of 90-10 copper-nickel alloys in seawater, Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 56, No.3, pp 168-172, 2009.
  16. A. El-Houd, H. Ezuber, and W. Deans, Influence of cold work and sigma phase on the pitting behavior of 25Cr super duplex stainless steel in 3.5% NaCl, Materials and Corrosion, Vol.61, No. 3, P.199-204, 2010.
  17. O. Elragei, F. Elshawesh, and Hosni Ezuber, Corrosion failure of high iron content 90/10 cupronickel tubes in a desalination plant, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 21, pp. 17-22, 2010.
  18. S. Abdullah and Hosni M Ezuber, Repair of tube-tubesheet weld cracks in a cracked gas/steam heat exchanger, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol 11, No. 6, pp. 611-617, 2011.
  19. H. Ezuber, Effect of metallurgical and environmental on the pitting corrosion of SAF 2205 in chloride solutions, Materials and Corrosion, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 111-118, 2012.
  20. Hosni M. Ezuber, Role of iron content on the corrosion behavior of 90-10 Cu-Ni alloys in 3.5% NaCl, Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol 59, Issue 4, pp 195-202, 2012.
  21. H. Ezuber, Influence of temperature on the pitting corrosion behavior of AISI 316L in chloride-CO2 (sat.) solutions, Materials and Design, Vol. 59, pp. 339-343, 2014.
  22. Hosni Ezuber and Abdulla AlShater, Influence of environmental parameters on the corrosion behavior of 90/10 cupronickel tubes in 3.5% NaCl, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 57, pp. 6670–6679, 2016.
  23. Hosni Ezuber, Abdulla Alshater and Moneer Abulhasan, Role of thiosulfate on the susceptibility of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steels to pitting corrosion in 3.5% sodium chloride solutions, Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry, Vol. 53, 493-500, 2017.

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Dr. Hosni Mohammed Zubeir

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering
+973 17876880
31-106
halzubair@uob.edu.bh

Areas of Expertise

  • Failure Analysis
  • Oilfield Scaling
  • Material Selection
  • Corrosion Science & Engineering
  • Corrosion Failure Analysis

Education

  • BSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Tripoli, 1984
  • PhD in Corrosion Science and Engineering, UMIST, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK, 1992

Biography

Dr. Hosni Zubeir is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bahrain. He earned his PhD in Corrosion & Corrosion Control in 1992 from the prestigious Corrosion & Protection Centre at UMIST, UK. With over three decades of academic experience, his career includes tenures as a visiting scientist at UMIST and faculty member at the University of Tripoli, Libya, before joining the University of Bahrain in 2002. From 2015 to 2020, he served as Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department. An expert in oilfield scaling and corrosion failure analysis, his research is widely published and presented internationally.

Achievements

  • Faculty Academic Advising Award, 2024
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, 2025

Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain

Grants & Contracts Awarded

-

Publications & Presentations

  1. تحقيق مخطوط شرح الدرر اللوامع في مقرإ الإمام نافع، لأبي عبد الله الضرير الأنصاري، منشورات دار الغوثاني للدراسات القرآنية، 2019م
  2. تحقيق مخطوط قرب الخطاب في تفسير فاتحة الكتاب، لمحمد بن عبد الغني الشريف، منشورات دار الكون، القاهرة، 2026
  3. R. C. Newman, M. A. Ajjawi, H. M. Ezuber and S. Turgoose, An Experimental Confirmation of the Pitting Potential Model of Galvele, Corrosion Science, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp.471-477, 1988.
  4. R. C. Newman, W. P. Wong, H. M. Ezuber and A. Garner, Pitting of Stainless Steel by Thiosulphate Ions, Corrosion, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 282-286, 1989.
  5. T. Shinohara, S. Fujimoto, N. J. Laycock, A. Msalem, H. M. Ezuber and R. C. Newman, Numerical and Experimental Simulation of Iron Dissolution in a Crevice with a Very dilute Bulk Solution. J. Electrochem. Soc., Vol. 144, No. 11, November 1997.
  6. H. Ezuber, Corrosion behavior of heat-treated duplex stainless steel in saturated carbon dioxide-chloride solutions, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 2, No. 5, P. 96, May 2005.
  7. A. El-Houd, F. El-Shawesh and H. Ezuber, Corrosion behavior of nickel containing alloys in seawater environments, Stainless Steel World, Sept. 2005, P. 33.
  8. H. Ezuber, A. El-Houd, and F. El-Shawesh, Effects of temperature and sigma precipitation on seawater pitting of duplex stainless steel, Desalination, Vol. 207, P. 268, 2007.
  9. H. M. Ezuber, Prediction of Strontium Sulfate Scale formation in oilfield environment, Journal of ASTM International, Vol.4, No.6, June, 2007.
  10. H. Ezuber, A. El-Houd, and F. El-Shawesh, Corrosion behavior of aluminum alloys in marine environment, Journal of Materials & Design, Vol. 29, p. 801, 2008.
  11. F. Elshawesh, K. Abusowa, H. Mahfoud and H. Ezuber, Stress-Corrosion Cracking and Galvanic Corrosion of Internal Bolts from a Multistage Water Injection Pump, Journal of Fail. Anal. and Preven., Vol. 8, No. 1, P. 48, 2008.
  12. H. Ezuber, Influence of temperature and thiosulfate on the corrosion behavior of steel in chloride solutions saturated in CO2, Materials and Design, Vol. 30, pp 3420–3427, 2009.
  13. H. M. Ezuber, Prediction of Barium Sulfate Scale formation in oilfield environment, Journal of ASTM International, Vol.6, No.2, June 2009.
  14. H-Ezuber, Role of thiosulfate on chloride breakdown potential of heat-treated Ni-18Cr-6Fe alloys, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 6, No.3, June, 2009.
  15. H. Ezuber, Effect of temperature and thiosulfate on the corrosion behavior of 90-10 copper-nickel alloys in seawater, Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 56, No.3, pp 168-172, 2009.
  16. A. El-Houd, H. Ezuber, and W. Deans, Influence of cold work and sigma phase on the pitting behavior of 25Cr super duplex stainless steel in 3.5% NaCl, Materials and Corrosion, Vol.61, No. 3, P.199-204, 2010.
  17. O. Elragei, F. Elshawesh, and Hosni Ezuber, Corrosion failure of high iron content 90/10 cupronickel tubes in a desalination plant, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 21, pp. 17-22, 2010.
  18. S. Abdullah and Hosni M Ezuber, Repair of tube-tubesheet weld cracks in a cracked gas/steam heat exchanger, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol 11, No. 6, pp. 611-617, 2011.
  19. H. Ezuber, Effect of metallurgical and environmental on the pitting corrosion of SAF 2205 in chloride solutions, Materials and Corrosion, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 111-118, 2012.
  20. Hosni M. Ezuber, Role of iron content on the corrosion behavior of 90-10 Cu-Ni alloys in 3.5% NaCl, Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol 59, Issue 4, pp 195-202, 2012.
  21. H. Ezuber, Influence of temperature on the pitting corrosion behavior of AISI 316L in chloride-CO2 (sat.) solutions, Materials and Design, Vol. 59, pp. 339-343, 2014.
  22. Hosni Ezuber and Abdulla AlShater, Influence of environmental parameters on the corrosion behavior of 90/10 cupronickel tubes in 3.5% NaCl, Desalination and Water Treatment, Vol. 57, pp. 6670–6679, 2016.
  23. Hosni Ezuber, Abdulla Alshater and Moneer Abulhasan, Role of thiosulfate on the susceptibility of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steels to pitting corrosion in 3.5% sodium chloride solutions, Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry, Vol. 53, 493-500, 2017.

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